Roadkill (LP)

Capital Punishment

Amoeba Review

09/12/2018

In 1982, a group of teenagers calling themselves Capital Punishment decided to put out a goth record. Included among their ranks were a future Arizona Supreme Court Justice, a professor at University College London, and Ben Stiller. Yes, that Ben Stiller. In another case of truth being stranger than fiction, Captured Tracks has dug way deep and reissued an album long lost to the private press annals of time. Amazingly, what is most surprising about the whole thing is just how good this album is. This is no amateur hardcore screed. These youngsters were channeling Cabaret Voltaire, Bauhaus, Chrome, and Throbbing Gristle. So not only did these precocious kids end up more successful than most, they were also cooler than us too. How can you compete with that?